Commanders Feel Deficiency as Wars Hog Surveillance Platforms The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven the efficacy of airborne surveillance as a military tool. The conflicts have also hogged almost all of the U.S. military's manned and unmanned surveillance platforms, to the detriment of combatant commanders elsewhere.

Marines Tired of Playing Army Role in Land Wars "We're there to get in, kick down doors, kill who we have to kill and get the hell out," said Lance Cpl. Lewis Rivera, with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Weapons Company. "Everybody wants to get back out here at sea. Everybody."

Military Turns to Blast-Mitigating Floor Mat Military officials recently warned soldiers in Afghanistan that they were putting their lives at risk by removing floor mats added to the latest variant of the mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle.